I stand in the mist and cry, thinking of myself standing in the mist and crying, and wondering if I will ever be able to use this experience in a book.
ERICA JONGEveryone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
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In loving life you love what can’t survive.
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Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can’t function without it.
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I see that the greatest thing about getting older is how your judgment changes and how you come to understand the cycles of life. And you keep having these amazing flashes of understanding.
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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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Divorce is my generation’s coming of age ceremony – a ritual scarring that makes anything that happens afterward seem bearable.
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I hope we don’t have to keep going back over the same territory and winning the same rights over and over again. The battle for birth control. The battle for abortion.
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People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn’t. Social attitudes don’t change in a straight line.
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My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.” – Socrates (470-399 B.C.) “Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t
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Images are … a kind of emotional shorthand.
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The trick is not how much pain you feel–but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain.
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Friends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
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Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.
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Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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